The past 24-hours showed no special activity, possibly due to the Day of ‘Air-Military-trooper’ (a military holiday since soviet time), and the situation remained the same in almost all areas of combat. So we can say that Saturday evening/Sunday morning was relatively calm, which gave both the Ukrainian forces and the terrorists the possibility to regroup. From Monday we can expect new initiatives from both sides.
Luhansk Region
It has been confirmed that another column of military vehicles arrived in the city of Luhansk from the Russian Federation via Krasnodon along the M04 highway (although this road is officially “free” according to ATO Headquarters).
Terrorists are spreading information that Ukrainian forces are negotiating a withdrawal from Lutuhyne and Heorhiivka (Luhansk airport area). But in conditions where the Ukrainian forces still have initiative, this information is almost certainly an attempt at disinformation. However, terrorist strikes from Rovenky and Alchevsk on these Ukrainian forces are still taking place.
Donetsk Region
Ukrainian forces started moving in the direction of Makiivka. But the route N21 (Zuhres-Shakhtarsk) is still controlled by terrorists. They constantly get reinforcement in Donetsk using the N21 from Rovenky. Terrorists are continuing digging in in Torez and Snizhne, and counter-attacking in area of Shakhtarsk and Savur-Mogila. Ukrainian forces also attacked Shakhtarsk, from the North-West direction. The terrorist counter attack in area of Marinka and Krasnohorivka gave the enemy some tactical success, but not for long.
Ukrainian forces continued with their siege of Horlivka, but Yasynuvata is still under terrorist control.
There were successful artillery attacks on terrorist concentrations in Kirovske and Orlivka.
There is (unconfirmed) information that terrorist forces are preparing to counter-strike in Debaltseve. Most likely it is false information, but if true then the strike against the Ukrainian forces can be made from the Irmino area.
Translated by Eugenia Zlamanuk, edited by Larry Field
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4 Responses to “THE ANTI-TERRORIST OPERATION IN UKRAINE. SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 3, 2014”
08/03/2014
Anti-Terrorist operation: Summary for August 3, 2014 | EUROMAIDAN PRESS | News and Opinion from Across Ukraine[…] By Roman Burko, burkonews.info […]
08/05/2014
The Anti-Terrorist Operation in Ukraine: Summary for August 4, 2014 | BurkoNews.info[…] Recall that the ATO forces there have already struck against the dolomite plant and the special school: these buildings were occupied by terrorists. It is most likely that after the attack the terrorists scattered through the woods in the area of the dolomite plant. It is possible that the terrorists returned to their positions later thinking that lightning does not strike twice. Besides, according to not yet confirmed information, there is an accumulation of terrorist forces in the area of Molochny settlement; this could be a hint at a counterattack in the area of Debaltseve (it can also be attacked from Irmino, just like we predicted yesterday). […]
08/05/2014
Anti-Terrorist operation: Summary for August 4, 2014 | EUROMAIDAN PRESS | News and Opinion from Across Ukraine[…] Recall that the ATO forces there have already struck against the dolomite plant and the special school: these buildings were occupied by terrorists. It is most likely that after the attack the terrorists scattered through the woods in the area of the dolomite plant. It is possible that the terrorists returned to their positions later thinking that lightning does not strike twice. Besides, according to not yet confirmed information, there is an accumulation of terrorist forces in the area of Molochny settlement; this could be a hint at a counterattack in the area of Debaltseve (it can also be attacked from Irmino, just like we predicted yesterday). […]
12/24/2015
The Anti-Terrorist Operation in Ukraine: Summary for August 4, 2014 - InformNapalm.org (English)[…] We received disturbing information about terrorist forces in Horlivka, where some terrorists managed to skillfully hide their positions in Holmivskiy village. Recall that the Ukrainian forces surrounding Horlivka have already struck against the dolomite plant and the special school. These buildings were occupied by terrorists. It is most likely that after the attack the terrorists scattered through the woods in the area of the dolomite plant. It is possible that the terrorists returned to their positions later thinking that lightning does not strike twice. In addition there is unconfirmed information that there are terrorists forces in the area of Molochny village, and this could indicate the potential of a counter-attack against Ukrainian forces in Debaltseve area. The potential of an attack on Debaltseve from Irmino was raised yesterday. […]